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Lethbridge Herald, The (Newspaper) - February 8, 1975, Lethbridge, Alberta
Performing arts groups Canada Council to raise grants VANCOUVER (CP) The federal treasury will increase its operating grants to per- forming arts groups substan- tially in the coming year, and provide more money for tour- ing, improving facilities, and for the cultural aspects of the 1976 Olympic Games, Secretary of State Hugh Faulkner announced here. Grants made by the Canada Council to performers, both in "GOOD NEWS" MISSION POSSIBLE IN CHRIST EVERY THURSDAY P.M CABLE CHANNEL 2 FULL QOSPEL BLJSINtSSMEN s FELLOWSHIP For More Call FRANK TINORDI at 327-3476 CONDUCTED MOTOR HOME TOUR By individual motor home in Great Britain from Calgary 26th May 1975! Contact: AMA TRAVEL AGENCY 328-7921 For Illustrated Brochure GERMAN CANADIAN CLUB Our Regular Dance will Not Be Held SAT., FEB 8th ANNUAL MARDIS GRAS Sat., Feb. 15th p.m. Music by "BUCKHOLZ" from Calgary ADMISSION S2.50 SOUTHERN ALBERTA THEATRES CARDSTON Mayfair Theatre "THE STING" starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. 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KVEMl DEW JMM 747 MOTHEM CMMM NW M OKMTHM III MUnCMl MET "World's Only Airline Service On The Ground" NORTHERN BUS TOURS (EXOTIC INTiRNATIONAL College Mall PhoiM 327-3536, THOMAS TRAVEL-LETHBRIOOE Phono 321-3338 established companies and in newer groups, will be increas- ed in the fiscal year starting April 1 to about million a year, up 38 psr cant from million. The council's touring office budget will jump 60 per cent to million from million, and it will be given an ad- ditional million to help meet the travel costs of per- forming arts groups par- ticipating in the Olympics cultural program in 1976. Mr. Faulkner also announc- ed that the million a year earmarked last March to help certain capital projects will be increased to million a year. The original grant was earmarked for the new Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, restoration of the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, and the Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-theLake, Ont. In addition to these specific amounts, Mr. Faulkner also R.A. HOSACK Certified Dentel Mechinie DIETRICH DENTURE CLINIC Suite 8 304 5lh St. S. Ph. 327-7244 Lethbridge announced the Canada Council is working with the treasury board on three-year budget planning, instead of the cus- tomary one-year annual grant plan. It will enable the council to discuss longer-range plann- ing with the major performing arts groups, which have to book concerts, plays and per- formers farther in advance to improve the quality of their shows. His own department, he said, is planning a broad, long- range study of the economic status of the arts in Canada, while at the same time tackl- ing the daily problems en- countered by performers and arts organizations. These "daily he said, include social security status of performers, taxes on artists and performing com- panies, customs duties, copy- right law, performing rights, Visas and work permits, and tax laws covering private spending on the arts. Mr. Faulkner's speech was a major government pronouncement oh the per- forming arts and marked a turn-around from the constraints put on Canada Council assistance to the arts MINUS ONE CLUB VALENTINE DANCE POLISH HALL BlhAve.and13thSt. N. Saturday, Fab. 8th 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music by the "MUELLERS" Members and Invited Guests! For information call 327-0319 or 327-8739 ELKS PUBLIC BINGO 1251 3rd AVENUE SOUTH EVERY THURSDAY 8 p.m. 16 GAMES NEW BLACKOUT Played Till Won (No Number Limit) IF WON ON A BLUE BONUS CARD (No Limit Purchased) PAYS DOUBLE No one under 16 yean allowed ELKS and INVITED GUESTS ONLY DOWNSTAIRS WEEKEND INTBRTAINMKNT Saturday, February 8th Upstairs "SOUTHERN PLAY BOYS" Downstairs "BRIDGETOWN TRIO" LABOR CLUB WEEKLY BINQO Every Monday 8 p.m. Cash Jackpot in 57 Numbers 10th Game Blackout in 57 Nos. ALL GAMES PRIZE MONEY CAN BE DOUBLED ON A BLUE CARD WORTH 11 Games Prize Money............ Entry Card All Wood Cards Children Under 16 Not Allowed Bingo will also be played in the club room for member! and their invited Music Friday and Saturday Banquet Facilities Corner 13th St. and 2nd A ve. N. Relax in air conditioned comton r FREE BROCHURE can Ytn-f Tfav Agent or: Cell Operator (no charge) Ask for Zenith 06061 207 Kreage Bldg.. Edmonton. A.M.A. TRAVEL AGENCY Avenue South 321-7921- Phone-328-1181 Saturday, February 8, 1975 THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD 7 Singer plans to sue CIA LONDON (AP) Singer Earfha Kitt says she plans to sue the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for allegedly compiling a dossier on her. Miss Kitt claims a dossier was prepared on orders by the late president Lyndon B. Johnson's administration and continued under former presi- dent Richard Nixon. It was during a White House party that Miss Kitt denounc- ed the Vietnam war. STEAL NEW YORK (AP) Two EARTHA KITT Orchestra begins tour OTTAWA (CP) The Na- tional yArts Centre Orchestra, conducted by Mario Bernardi, leaves this weekend on six weeks of travels to such diverse places as Barrie, Ont., Wolfville, N.S., Bloomington, Ind., and Tepozotlan, Mexico, while fulfilling its regular engagements in Ottawa. The orchestra of 46 members, formed to travel across the country and carry the flag as Canada's national orchestra abroad, will be ac- companied on parts of its tour by Anton Kuerti, Toronto pianist, and Jorge Osorio, Mexican pianist, as guest ar- tists. Show Times PARAMOUNT THEATRE Island Top 01 Last Complete SUNDAY Evening 9: Last Complete FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT PARAMOUNT CINEMA Space Last Complete ADULT ENTERTAINMENT COLLEGE CINEMA Short Black Last Complete RESTRICTED ADULT SUNDAY Deadly China The Last Complete RESTRICTED ADULT box office officials of the New York State theatre were arrested here on charges of stealing more than in receipts. The defendants, William Stuis, and his assistant, Norman Baruch, turned themselves in following their indictment on grand larceny and conspiracy charges. Stuis, 44, and Baruch, 48, were accused of stealing the money between September, 1967, and last August. RECOVERING MEMPHIS (AP) Singer Elvis Presley's father, Vernon Presley, 59, was in satisfactory condition Thurs-. day after being admitted to hospital suffering from a heart attack, a hospital spokesman said. Elvis Presley is also a patient at the hospital for SMUGGLING CHARGED NEW YORK (AP) Customs agents charged a Manhattan diamond dealer with smuggling Thursday for failing to declare in gems and in cheques and cash on arrival at Kennedy airport on a flight from Hong Kong. A spokesman said Henry (Grossbard, 50, was arrested, but was later released on his own recognizance. treatment of what his doctor has described as an intestinal blockage. He is reported in satisfactory condition. SPECIAL AWARDS LOS ANGELES (AP) Veteran directors Howard Hawks and Jean Renoir and the movie, Earthquake, have been voted special awards by the Academy of Motion Pic- ture Arts and Sciences. Academy President Walter Mirisch, who announced the awards said the presen- tations, will be made at the 47th Oscar event April 8. SINGER DIES BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) Max Zides of Brooklihe, who was Hum in the singing duOi of Hum and Strum that was popular during the 1940s and 1950s, died Thursday, friends said Friday. Zides, 70, collapsed at his home arid was dead on arrival at Beth Israel hospital in Boston. .When you're in the mood lor something that's exciting new and different in Portrait Photography give us a call... A. E. Cross Studio 7103rd A ve. S. 328-0222 328-0111 paramount NOW SHOWING thru THURSDAY FAMILY FAMILY moHARTMAN DowuSWOEN McguesMARIN MAM MnoGWILLIM METlECKEMYR JOHNWHEOON MAURICE JARRE WINSTON HiBLER 3 BIG SHOWS SUNDAY-MATINEE P.M., EVENING AT AND P.M. 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